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by the way, no some of your from north texas state are some university in texas. how many of your native texas? i am a native texan as well. enders, texas, way out west near odessa and midland. try as we might, you natives, the rest of them just don't get it, do they? it's impossible to explain. all right. i'm going to put it to work just a little bit. we will have a little fun uneducated the same time. lets plagal word association game. work with me on this. you say eagle forum. >> eagle forum. >> i'm going to say washington d.c. you say washington d.c. >> washington d.c. >> i'll say america. [inaudible] what would you say? what one word would you say best defines america? >> freedom. >> is it that easy? so easy. but what is freedom? all my life i wondered this question. if you go to the dictionary you will find what is not. you will find it is not being enslaved. it is not being restrained. it is not, it is not, it is not at least 17 different definitions of what is not. what is it? all of you know the last two sentences of the star spangled banner, the second t
by the way, no some of your from north texas state are some university in texas. how many of your native texas? i am a native texan as well. enders, texas, way out west near odessa and midland. try as we might, you natives, the rest of them just don't get it, do they? it's impossible to explain. all right. i'm going to put it to work just a little bit. we will have a little fun uneducated the same time. lets plagal word association game. work with me on this. you say eagle forum. >> eagle...
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and the extreme drought in texas. also released was an article published in the bulletin of the american meteorology society examining potential linkages between climate change and extreme weather events of 2011 such as a draught. i know that many of my colleagues, on the other side like nidis, but for the past couple of years, they have done everything to block investments in climate change research and provide climate services more first timely. i think the only way for us to know how to mitigate and respond to the events is to understand what is happening and the extent to which climate change is contributing to the severity and duration. in addition to coordinating, monitoring activities or other coordinated services and research needed to understand global warming's potential role in driving the severity and frequency in these events. i want to hear from you, mr. strong, on your comments on this. >> well, he's the scientist. i'm sure has a lot to say about that. i'll reiterate what i said earlier. i think long te
and the extreme drought in texas. also released was an article published in the bulletin of the american meteorology society examining potential linkages between climate change and extreme weather events of 2011 such as a draught. i know that many of my colleagues, on the other side like nidis, but for the past couple of years, they have done everything to block investments in climate change research and provide climate services more first timely. i think the only way for us to know how to...
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i'd love it to be in texas. let me just say that in eleven interviews with career staff about 50 evidence there was no come up any kaiser influence on the approval the department of energy. >> okay. yeah. >> and you acknowledge that. you're shaking your head yes, assume you acknowledge. it. >> it's probably a coincidence he made so many visits to white house. it's probably a matter of coincidence. >> i've been around here for a lock time. a lot of people visit the white house for lots of things. i'm sure there would be more information if we can do that. let me get back to the concerns i had about the in china and i know that was heard earlier. china's investing and somebody invested in a lot of companies in china that top tin solar panel producers from china. is that correct? >>. >> i don't have the precise number in front of me. >> it's not a free enterprise country. so assume the government of china or the peoples' army invested in that. so wouldn't that be a significant amount of government support in china?
i'd love it to be in texas. let me just say that in eleven interviews with career staff about 50 evidence there was no come up any kaiser influence on the approval the department of energy. >> okay. yeah. >> and you acknowledge that. you're shaking your head yes, assume you acknowledge. it. >> it's probably a coincidence he made so many visits to white house. it's probably a matter of coincidence. >> i've been around here for a lock time. a lot of people visit the white...
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that would be something i would be grateful for. >> host: you're still a student at the university of texas? >> guest: i just graduated in may. >> host: congratulations. >> guest: thank you very much. my msa in poetry. >> host: as a first-time author, what's been your experience getting published and the whole hoopla? >> guest: it's really -- it's exciting. it's not something i can say i expected. i certainly hoped for it. bogota great agent, and little brown has been fantastic to work with. so i feel look i have a support system in place. it's a privilege that people might read something i have written. >> host: your next book? are you planning on doing another book? a book of poetry. >> guest: i have a book of poetry that is more or less finished and then this fall i'll start on my second novel. it's in its very early stages now. >> host: based also on your military experience? >> guest: no it's not. no. >> host: well, we have been talking with kevin power about his new novel "the yellow birds" based upon his experience in iraq and this comes out in september of 201. >> you're watching an
that would be something i would be grateful for. >> host: you're still a student at the university of texas? >> guest: i just graduated in may. >> host: congratulations. >> guest: thank you very much. my msa in poetry. >> host: as a first-time author, what's been your experience getting published and the whole hoopla? >> guest: it's really -- it's exciting. it's not something i can say i expected. i certainly hoped for it. bogota great agent, and little brown...
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you are all 254 counties in texas and all across the couple states we want to talk about in a few minutes. the ice report shows through march 31st, 2012, more than 130,000 immigrants convicted of crimes including 49,000 convicted of felony offense like murder and rape were removed from the u.s. for identification to secure community. my brother was a border sheriff and an example of somebody in jail and turned out he was there for murder in another state. the community does work and helps the local border law-enforcement. given ice relative limits compared to the number of individuals unlawfully presented in the u.s. prioritizing criminals particularly serious criminals for removal keeps our communities safer and the best use of taxpayer dollars. the community program has not been without controversy. i understand that and pleased to say under the director's leadership taken steps to create enhancements to the program. i was in houston with the sheriff telling me about the task force put together to make sure ice was working to improve communication with state and local jurisdictions and
you are all 254 counties in texas and all across the couple states we want to talk about in a few minutes. the ice report shows through march 31st, 2012, more than 130,000 immigrants convicted of crimes including 49,000 convicted of felony offense like murder and rape were removed from the u.s. for identification to secure community. my brother was a border sheriff and an example of somebody in jail and turned out he was there for murder in another state. the community does work and helps the...
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this is happening in houston, texas, where the gun dealer was told to sell to these guy, and then the -- after cooperating with the federal government, they turned right around and slapped a federal investigation on them for selling to the cartels. and then in florida there's allegations of them selling to the mf13 gang and sending guns to honduras. as i said, it's difficult to keep up with all the news and evidence that's coming out, but there's definitely other programs that need to be investigated, and it's estimated that there was similar programs and at least 10,000 guns were sent south of the border whether it was into south america or into mexico under this justice department. and considering there's 240,000 documents surrounding fast and furious specifically, i don't have any doubts about that. yes. >> okay. so what is your view on gun control? because -- just like today in aurora, colorado, the mass murder of innocent victims. >> right. a horrible situation, right? but the bottom line is whether you're an economist or whether you're a pro-gun advocate, um, when you take the r
this is happening in houston, texas, where the gun dealer was told to sell to these guy, and then the -- after cooperating with the federal government, they turned right around and slapped a federal investigation on them for selling to the cartels. and then in florida there's allegations of them selling to the mf13 gang and sending guns to honduras. as i said, it's difficult to keep up with all the news and evidence that's coming out, but there's definitely other programs that need to be...
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rice literally camped in texas, resigned as provost at stanford and moved to texas to work with him on national security. they had weekly meetings. in some much more rigorous job. look at the people who get screened. michele bachmann never did explain what she would do other than repeal everything he ever did. and then there is governor groups who, you know, he had some great lines. and it worked great as rally, cheering points for his devoted, but he can go on and explain the many land. you have to have a lot more depth. there's a lot more harder than the 302nd sound bite. as i learned and i only got three-quarters of the way through my talk really knowing how to keep it on time and not talk too much your inner when senator obama realize that to be present, he had to quit love eating in showing how much in new, it's hard to be precise and to know enough senator mccain with the three page memo that everybody had for the big summit. he said he hadn't had time to read it. on go to my grave believing he read it and didn't have a clue about it because he hadn't paid attention of the years.
rice literally camped in texas, resigned as provost at stanford and moved to texas to work with him on national security. they had weekly meetings. in some much more rigorous job. look at the people who get screened. michele bachmann never did explain what she would do other than repeal everything he ever did. and then there is governor groups who, you know, he had some great lines. and it worked great as rally, cheering points for his devoted, but he can go on and explain the many land. you...
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condoleezza rice literally camp in texas, resigned as provost of stanford and moved to texas to work with him on national security. and they had weekly meetings with all sorts of people. it is a much more rigorous job, and look at the people. michelle bockman never explained what she would do. and then there was another governor -- [laughter] yeah, he had some great lines. the lines looked great as rally cheering points for his devoted people, but he could not swing them at any length. you have to have a lot more debt. as i learned when i only got three quarters of the way through my talk, really knowing how to keep it on time and not talk too much here and there. when senator obama realized to be president obama, it's hard to be precise and congenial. and then there was senator mccain with the three-page memo, he said that he had no time to read it. i will go to my grave believing that he read it didn't have a clue about it because he hadn't paid attention over the years at his meetings. no disrespect to a great hero, but i don't believe that he could not understand it without a lot
condoleezza rice literally camp in texas, resigned as provost of stanford and moved to texas to work with him on national security. and they had weekly meetings with all sorts of people. it is a much more rigorous job, and look at the people. michelle bockman never explained what she would do. and then there was another governor -- [laughter] yeah, he had some great lines. the lines looked great as rally cheering points for his devoted people, but he could not swing them at any length. you have...
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'ser acniv e ghert t ac on campus, and after was granted, texas hired a lawyer who used to be a solicor ofrupte hg wobe.os wtt soone has a fine reputation for one the case the we were talking about, sos and the jue ine tv methi seiv vngn w.b nitaneoicitor general coming at this in a very non-of a logical way will probably help the texas ses a o >> is a democrat, at least in the primary. ominfyocaju doheicesir e mst k virginia, a republican gets elected, i cou see that happening. i just don't see the majority of democrats and governors turning whrerou?io y answer, if someone wants to head towards the micropne, will be ready for the next month. >> that sounds like a pretty thventwlo cof asi waoandi.r fn oncio thoue xp t the public that i am turng down millions of dollars of federal funs to pay for health dodoou rtaop, an i ne g t g t heathae in prcattevf t aa the state didn't particarly like the expansion come that somewhere down the line, they're going to say if you're pay 0% oe , in, sonoreyiha asntae nd en0%sa dgte r us. i think i read in my paper by the great robert pear that te do.ri
'ser acniv e ghert t ac on campus, and after was granted, texas hired a lawyer who used to be a solicor ofrupte hg wobe.os wtt soone has a fine reputation for one the case the we were talking about, sos and the jue ine tv methi seiv vngn w.b nitaneoicitor general coming at this in a very non-of a logical way will probably help the texas ses a o >> is a democrat, at least in the primary. ominfyocaju doheicesir e mst k virginia, a republican gets elected, i cou see that happening. i just...
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when president clintoaiour age ct i82 the audience in texas, we heard a big, oh boy. [laughter] getting back to my point. it dn'eave to strip them or do anything dray conian. there's many things we can do. we, democrats, have to have the courage to do that. by the way, seniors are not stupid. they are smart. they are the mst lat pon. rs eyuntand. maybe the interest groups, they understand on the republican side of the equation, they got to get over the fear of groverort. ma oouha nrd him? he's, as i say in the book, is the most powerful man in the country today. why do i say that? well, he's the one who has this organization that forceseo ignox,en pledges. 236 congressmen, more than a majority signed, and 41 senators, enough to stop any legislation from occurring by filibuster, have also signed. grcolscoy. he literally controls the country. grover, not to say there's anything wrong with being small, but he's a little guy who looks like the nerd in college, and i woicheas li the wizard of oz.. nobody voted for him. nobody gave him reason to be this perful, and he's a f
when president clintoaiour age ct i82 the audience in texas, we heard a big, oh boy. [laughter] getting back to my point. it dn'eave to strip them or do anything dray conian. there's many things we can do. we, democrats, have to have the courage to do that. by the way, seniors are not stupid. they are smart. they are the mst lat pon. rs eyuntand. maybe the interest groups, they understand on the republican side of the equation, they got to get over the fear of groverort. ma oouha nrd him? he's,...
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the gentleman from texas is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. amendment number 34 at the desk. the clerk will distribute amendment number 34. the gentleman from stx recognized for mr. conway recognized for two minutes to explain his amendment number 34. >> thank you, mr. chairman. my good friend and i present this amendment. this amendment simply put an end to the rulemaking plaguing cattle producers for more than two years. aware of the fact that the -- rulemaking went well beyond the language of 2008 farm bill and threaten l the livestock and poultry market. in particular threat to end the value added marketing opportunity producers use to satisfy their customers remain profitable. i want to thank him for cooperating with the amendment with me it impacts producers across the country. to kill the issue once and for all and allow them to get back to fighting back. >> who seeks recognition on the topic? >> mr. chairman. the ranking member seeks recognition. >> i move to strike the last word. >> recognized two for minutes. >> what this does is rep
the gentleman from texas is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. amendment number 34 at the desk. the clerk will distribute amendment number 34. the gentleman from stx recognized for mr. conway recognized for two minutes to explain his amendment number 34. >> thank you, mr. chairman. my good friend and i present this amendment. this amendment simply put an end to the rulemaking plaguing cattle producers for more than two years. aware of the fact that the -- rulemaking went well...
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today. >> ester texas i recognize. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ideal cell three minutes. >> recognized. >> since i joined this committee has learned a very simple lesson. good oversight results in good legislation and in contrast, biased and partisan oversight results are biased and partisan legislation. and the no more solyndras act, proves that lesson. let me be clear, the loss of taxpayer dollars in bankruptcy is a serious problem. we should have conducted a full and fair investigation so they could find out what happened to make sure it doesn't happen again. instead, the d.o.e. make cheap political point that electioneering set up a following for thieves. unfortunately, mr. chairman i have to respectfully disagree with your characterization that this committee has conducted a thorough investigation. despite our requests, there were no hearings to understand that u.s. policies are necessary to ensure that u.s. manufacturers can compete in the global clean energy market. no testimony from the largest private equity investors to understand why t
today. >> ester texas i recognize. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ideal cell three minutes. >> recognized. >> since i joined this committee has learned a very simple lesson. good oversight results in good legislation and in contrast, biased and partisan oversight results are biased and partisan legislation. and the no more solyndras act, proves that lesson. let me be clear, the loss of taxpayer dollars in bankruptcy is a serious problem. we should have conducted a full and...
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ferraro the senator from texas. mrs. hutchison: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to enter into the record the letter from which i read in my statement, to follow my statement. the presiding officer: if there is no objection, so ordered. mrs. hutchison: thank you, mr. president. and i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. merkley: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon is recognized. mr. merkley: thank you very much, mr. president. i ask -- are we under a quorum call? the presiding officer: the senator is correct. mr. merkley: i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. merkley: thank you. i come to the floor to address several issues. first, i want to talk a little bit about the disclose act. earlier this week we had two votes on whether to end debate on whether to debate the disclose act. the disclose act is a very simple concept, and it's that folks who make very large donations to the po
ferraro the senator from texas. mrs. hutchison: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to enter into the record the letter from which i read in my statement, to follow my statement. the presiding officer: if there is no objection, so ordered. mrs. hutchison: thank you, mr. president. and i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. merkley: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon is recognized. mr. merkley: thank...
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at this time a recognize the gentleman from texas, dr. burgess, for five minutes. >> i thank the chairman for the recognition to mr. frantz, but stay on the subordination issue. the energy policy act of 2005 i'm sure you're familiar with it because you one of the original higher loan project office in 2000 administered this program. in 1703, the clause under subordination reach the obligation shall be subject to the condition that the obligation is not subordinate to other financing, simple, straightforward statement on even a nonlawyer like myself can understand it. the difficulty that i think mr. green is exactly right in his life question is exactly correct, but the difficulty goes to them, the law does not go on to prescribe any penalties, civil or criminal, for violation of this. so while i believe the secretary to been in technical violation of this passage of the energy policy act of 2005, there is no penalty. so for that reason earlier this year, i introduced another bill, 5863, to prescribe civil monetary penalties between 10 and
at this time a recognize the gentleman from texas, dr. burgess, for five minutes. >> i thank the chairman for the recognition to mr. frantz, but stay on the subordination issue. the energy policy act of 2005 i'm sure you're familiar with it because you one of the original higher loan project office in 2000 administered this program. in 1703, the clause under subordination reach the obligation shall be subject to the condition that the obligation is not subordinate to other financing,...
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her great, great grandfather was a signer of the texas declaration of independence. she graduated herself from the university of texas lawn for, but then went to work as a reporter because no houston law firm was going to hire a woman lawyer. she started a small business, became the first republican woman in the texas legislature. she was elected state treasurer in 1990 and 1993 won a special election to take over the seat that was open up to lloyd bentsen secretary for president clinton. she's been reelected three times and is now the senior republican woman in the senate. she is retiring as you know from the senate winner turns up at the end of the year and i suspect the houston law firms would be very glad to have you on staff. your first office -- her first official office in washington was that the national transportation safety board. president ford appointed as the vice-chairman. in 1976. i wonder if you could describe what things are like for women a pointy and compare with how things have changed or how things have not changed so much in russian and for wome
her great, great grandfather was a signer of the texas declaration of independence. she graduated herself from the university of texas lawn for, but then went to work as a reporter because no houston law firm was going to hire a woman lawyer. she started a small business, became the first republican woman in the texas legislature. she was elected state treasurer in 1990 and 1993 won a special election to take over the seat that was open up to lloyd bentsen secretary for president clinton. she's...
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we love him in texas. atheneas aoruit of esndor ure international, got a lot of real reporter experience. he was not just the kind of face that. buhen en t cbsveng ws bameor iornt w a t three major networks had them to walter cronkite started as the anchor, i think, in the 60's an w thereorbo0 t 8s. he he covered eight presidents. his time covering is certainly fascinating, and he was a wasohohtpern beee igl is fu s history professor at rice university. he has also taught at the naval academy and princeton, so h is a reahistn o alo dtaedomprh is a btt i think, will be the definitive biography of walter cronkite. i thi both t t palytend m hh gaorim a tact tf course, is so well known and loved in our count, having this kind o a biography is an excellent t f us or htoc meio tute. the last book, i have a chapter in this book. it is vital voices. or tasoral voices tn ntnt dyssonar co-chairs. i relate to thiand put a chapter in,s didow secretary of state cntseenompyheole wenadou eorrl countries that are in troub
we love him in texas. atheneas aoruit of esndor ure international, got a lot of real reporter experience. he was not just the kind of face that. buhen en t cbsveng ws bameor iornt w a t three major networks had them to walter cronkite started as the anchor, i think, in the 60's an w thereorbo0 t 8s. he he covered eight presidents. his time covering is certainly fascinating, and he was a wasohohtpern beee igl is fu s history professor at rice university. he has also taught at the naval academy...
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we educate but they go to texas a california we do not see the benefit. the topic of to town meetings for a long time. how much of that debt is seeps through with the legislative thinking? >> one force scholarships like the hope scholarship gives every student who makes it a owe or the go to the tennessee institution hoping they will stay there. that was the ballad gold and it makes a difference but it is interesting observations. >> . >> i apologize senator frank did was next. >> i withdraw my thank you. >> i will take it. dr. you have testified about some of the information that iowa state university includes on the award letters the students indebtedness the amount of the loan repayment after school. kid you explain why you feel it is so important to include this information in the award of letters? >> a couple of reasons. retry a two educate students beyond the classroom. it is hard to get to love fall of personal responsibility if they are not well informed. those kids to not understand personal financial commitments or obligations. we fecit can have
we educate but they go to texas a california we do not see the benefit. the topic of to town meetings for a long time. how much of that debt is seeps through with the legislative thinking? >> one force scholarships like the hope scholarship gives every student who makes it a owe or the go to the tennessee institution hoping they will stay there. that was the ballad gold and it makes a difference but it is interesting observations. >> . >> i apologize senator frank did was...
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the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mrs. hutchison: madam president, i ask unanimous consent i be allowed to speak for up to ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. hutchison: i applaud the senator from massachusetts for introducing the bill. he is trying to make a constitutional way that those who have done the service for our country and earned the medals are assured that those medals mean something and cannot be in any way misrepresented without a consequence. so i thank the senator from massachusetts. i'm going to rise today to talk about this week's issue, which is taxes on our nation's small businesses. small businesses, madam president, are the economic engine of america. it's not big business. jobs are created by small businesses that grow and become medium sized businesses. they are responsible for driving most of the job he growth -- job growth in this country. 55% of private-sector jobs are created by small business. punishing them with new taxes in a time of economic stagnation is incomprehens
the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mrs. hutchison: madam president, i ask unanimous consent i be allowed to speak for up to ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. hutchison: i applaud the senator from massachusetts for introducing the bill. he is trying to make a constitutional way that those who have done the service for our country and earned the medals are assured that those medals mean something and cannot be in any way misrepresented without a consequence....
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totally disrupt the water supply in that area of texas. what he did instead -- the hacker did instead -- and nobody was -- he just had a computer and was smart. what he did instead was post proof that he had broken into the industrial control system in that small utility in texas just to show the vulnerability, in a sense he might have been bragging that he could do it, but it was also a warning to us. what if the next time that happens it's a larger utility or a group of smaller utilities around the country, maybe water, maybe electricity, maybe gas, and this time they're not just warning us or showing us our vulnerability but they're actually going to disrupt the flow of electricity or water to people who depend on it. that's -- that's the kind of crisis that we face and why it is so urgent that we deal with this. so let me come back to my dream. my goal here is that as we go on this week, we're able to submit a manager's amendment, but it's not just from the managers, senators collins, rockefeller, feinstein and i. we're joined by a muc
totally disrupt the water supply in that area of texas. what he did instead -- the hacker did instead -- and nobody was -- he just had a computer and was smart. what he did instead was post proof that he had broken into the industrial control system in that small utility in texas just to show the vulnerability, in a sense he might have been bragging that he could do it, but it was also a warning to us. what if the next time that happens it's a larger utility or a group of smaller utilities...
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i t mlf dam hschool of government and public service at texas a&m university, and i just want to ask the panelists how do you take the experience gr anenenatk sort of onur oe ot vy a e coo ogli iso vrod--ot el paip raik this are already sort of predisposed to dialogue. how do you to get back to the people who don't already have that persptive? i was wonderingiml d b ili b caits lik yam sooiavttd eege w thap >>t'a good question. i studied economics in college, and i believe that thereis a newgeneration in the middle east and palestine they have geniie th hv ti eyts niee an tama,th a ra lot of jr artists, engineers who areeally productive. and i think the best way to prmrt start-ups, likeet tm maybe a website or kickstart or crowd funding project wre palestinians puttoj seimedh enerad rioman twae stns e lian realize the humanities on each side coming and they can reach the world where a lot of people wold be lltopohedd em d wou arhi pctn te same way they would realize each other's humanity. that is my project when i g anyens.i will wor o e te ting. we work in a different organization.
i t mlf dam hschool of government and public service at texas a&m university, and i just want to ask the panelists how do you take the experience gr anenenatk sort of onur oe ot vy a e coo ogli iso vrod--ot el paip raik this are already sort of predisposed to dialogue. how do you to get back to the people who don't already have that persptive? i was wonderingiml d b ili b caits lik yam sooiavttd eege w thap >>t'a good question. i studied economics in college, and i believe that...
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there are only three states that allow drilling offshore which is texas, louisiana, and alabama. everybody else doesn't allow it. another large gas spet on the east and west coast. okay, you know, that oil is -- [inaudible] i'm willing to develop a solution. -- [inaudible] how do you know you won't strike oil? for the first time in history -- [inaudible] every other kind of mining. india has the third largest reserve in the world because of -- [inaudible] india has become one of the big et. cetera em porters. i tried to write a column saying it imports oil. [inaudible] because of the difficulty. because started to open other commodities somewhat more resilient than he thinks except i would agree with him that oil and gas. the discovery of shell oil and shell gas in the united states that particularly technology is simple technology. it can be replicated enormous shale deposits over the world. china has the biggest, probably. they have once again become an exporter. they export all of that. for the opec countries is not good at all. on the other hand if the commodities are going t
there are only three states that allow drilling offshore which is texas, louisiana, and alabama. everybody else doesn't allow it. another large gas spet on the east and west coast. okay, you know, that oil is -- [inaudible] i'm willing to develop a solution. -- [inaudible] how do you know you won't strike oil? for the first time in history -- [inaudible] every other kind of mining. india has the third largest reserve in the world because of -- [inaudible] india has become one of the big et....
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. >> the gentleman from texas for five minutes. >> i just know that i'm ad to be here. [lauter] w ied diep isul be a solutions hearing. i don't think anybody on either side of the aisle thinks this solyndra loan program, dehitynass of the pic an program has been run very efficiently to be as mild as possible, and the draft bill that mr. sterns and mr. upton have put out is antt to ab preventing future solyndras from happening. it's not a perfect bill. the reason we're having a legislative hearing is because mr. upton and mr. sterns want to go through the regular order. is, itnm, but ati some point, we should focus on solutions to protect the american taxpayer in the future. my first question. we have -- the deputy assistan drgautdendgor ergy eie yeot here to talk about the solyndra bill, but . bass' bill; is that correct? >> that is correct. >> have you been authozed at all to cment onola? rete f mas bill? >> i believe we have mr. frantz here to discuss the loan guarantee program. that's his area of expertise. >> well, i kwr.rants us i butou er cet;ha correct? >> yes, s
. >> the gentleman from texas for five minutes. >> i just know that i'm ad to be here. [lauter] w ied diep isul be a solutions hearing. i don't think anybody on either side of the aisle thinks this solyndra loan program, dehitynass of the pic an program has been run very efficiently to be as mild as possible, and the draft bill that mr. sterns and mr. upton have put out is antt to ab preventing future solyndras from happening. it's not a perfect bill. the reason we're having a...
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you explain how there are three main bridge over oldham eastern connected and texas interconnected. what was the big revision of originally as a started to get set up and transmission lines were put in was there any thought given to the future and what it would look like today? >> there was a lot of thought not given to the future we have now. the future we have now in most states. >> guest: was going to generate the electricity it used to be that your favorite model with a kildee would be soup to nuts they would buy the coal and burn the coal. now we've got one party generating in different parts and transmitting to different parties. nobody build it with that in mind and we are having trouble adapting it to that purpose. >> let's take a look at more details about the power grid system that serves all over 48 states, accepting hawaii and alaska. >> it's not actually are grid. >> guest: that is an important distinction. >> guest: there is a connection from halifax to new orleans. there's a western tech connection that is west of the rockies, and texas for political and economic reas
you explain how there are three main bridge over oldham eastern connected and texas interconnected. what was the big revision of originally as a started to get set up and transmission lines were put in was there any thought given to the future and what it would look like today? >> there was a lot of thought not given to the future we have now. the future we have now in most states. >> guest: was going to generate the electricity it used to be that your favorite model with a kildee...
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he broke into the computer control system, the cyber system controlling a small water utility in texas. he had the ability to disrupt the functioning of that entire utility. he didn't do it, thank god. he posted online what he had done. a warning at least, perhaps a bit of bragging that he was able to do it, but think about an enemy that had hostile intent against the united states who had launched similar attacks against several small utilities around the country or large utilities, for that matter. mr. president, last week, the people who are the real experts on cyberspace gathered in las vegas at the annual -- this is an interesting title -- black hat computer security conference, and they issued yet more warnings. the conference opened with a very strong warning from the -- from sean henry, who until, well, recently was the assistant director of the f.b.i. in charge of the f.b.i.'s considerable cyber programs. some people called sean henry the nation's top cyber cop. he said at the conference, the black cat conference, the adversary knows that if you want to harm civilized society,
he broke into the computer control system, the cyber system controlling a small water utility in texas. he had the ability to disrupt the functioning of that entire utility. he didn't do it, thank god. he posted online what he had done. a warning at least, perhaps a bit of bragging that he was able to do it, but think about an enemy that had hostile intent against the united states who had launched similar attacks against several small utilities around the country or large utilities, for that...
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durbin: i thank my friend from texas. i ask unanimous consent that when this colloquy is finished with the five republican senators on the floor that i be recognized. the presiding officer: without objection. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, listening to the distinguished republican leader, i'm reminded of that quotation from former secretary of defense robert gates whorbgs said that our -- who said our record of predicting when we will use military force since vietnam is perfect, we've never been right once. we live in a dangerous and unpredictable world. we also know that the global economy is in dire straits in some places worse than others. in europe, relative -- relevant to the national security question, we can no longer depend on our allies or nato allies necessarily to step up and do what they've done heretofore because they have their own economic and budgetary problems. talking to some of our counterparts in the united kingdom, the british army i
durbin: i thank my friend from texas. i ask unanimous consent that when this colloquy is finished with the five republican senators on the floor that i be recognized. the presiding officer: without objection. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, listening to the distinguished republican leader, i'm reminded of that quotation from former secretary of defense robert gates whorbgs said that our -- who said our record of predicting when...
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. >> guest: you were talking earlier about the texas senate race, the primary on tuesday. and they have sort of an old-fashioned establishment conservative and lieutenant governor dewhurst and ted cruz as part of this up-and-coming new dynamic wing of the conservative, the conservative wing of the republican party. back in late may, they had their first round of primary balloting. they had about 1.5 million people who voted in that race and dewhurst came out on top. he didn't have 50% so under texas law they had this runoff system and now they are expecting about 350,000 people. those three ended and 50,000 people are part of what you just referred to as stand on principle and that is why a lot of people think he is the favorite right now. and what you get is sort of this primary -- primaries become more decided by just a narrow swath of the 350,000 in texas who are going to vote tuesday is that they can get a more hardened, more principled group of people on the right and on the left, and it makes that sort of raging to divide a heck of a lot more difficult than it would
. >> guest: you were talking earlier about the texas senate race, the primary on tuesday. and they have sort of an old-fashioned establishment conservative and lieutenant governor dewhurst and ted cruz as part of this up-and-coming new dynamic wing of the conservative, the conservative wing of the republican party. back in late may, they had their first round of primary balloting. they had about 1.5 million people who voted in that race and dewhurst came out on top. he didn't have 50% so...
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diane's a breast cancer survivor in austin, texas. diane was creative enough to invent a clothing accessory to help women recovering from a mastectomy. the accessory is known as a pink pocket and is now being used by women around the world from austin to australia. the story of pink pockets demonstrates the power of a great idea. diane identified a problem facing breast cancer survivors and she came up with a brilliant solution, somebody that nobody -- something that nobody else had thought of before. the remarkable success of her invention is a testament to her creativity and her hard work. now, the government was not responsible for the success of pink pockets or mayo furniture. far from it. many times all these small businesses want is for government to get out of their way and off their back and out of their pocket so they can do what they do best. government was also not responsible for the success of s.t.s. coatings, a construction company based in the san antonio area. the founder of s.t.s. coastings, casey covax, reports that
diane's a breast cancer survivor in austin, texas. diane was creative enough to invent a clothing accessory to help women recovering from a mastectomy. the accessory is known as a pink pocket and is now being used by women around the world from austin to australia. the story of pink pockets demonstrates the power of a great idea. diane identified a problem facing breast cancer survivors and she came up with a brilliant solution, somebody that nobody -- something that nobody else had thought of...
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the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i'd ask unanimous consent to speak up to 15 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn:man, i've listened to some of my friends across the aisle talk about the vote in the house to repeal wha repeal whatw come to be known as obamacare. i think history has now demonstrated that it is not the affordable care act. it is the unaffordable care act. and my colleagues suggest that the only way that we could possibly protect people from preexistinexisting disease excls under their insurance policy or make sure that young adults can remain covered under their parents' coverage is to pass this monstrosity. that's just not the case. we could easily address these other issues as well as affordability if we were take a step-by-step approach to try to make sure that the patient-physician decision-making process is preserved while making health coverage for affordable for more americans. unfortunately, that was not the approach taken under obamacare. in fact, under obam
the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, i'd ask unanimous consent to speak up to 15 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn:man, i've listened to some of my friends across the aisle talk about the vote in the house to repeal wha repeal whatw come to be known as obamacare. i think history has now demonstrated that it is not the affordable care act. it is the unaffordable care act. and my colleagues suggest that the only way that we could...
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but as far as the sort of anchor growth of the latino community is texas and california and so what we want to do is just sort of enhanced the perspective of the country, and quite frankly for me it is an opportunity. we are in an election cycle and unfortunately, you know, the americas has received very little attention. the story here is that nobody really understands the growth and the evolution of our neighbors to the south. and our future as to the way the world is evolving is in clusters and we just have to take for granted our largest economic partners canada and mexico. we have to take for granted not very much cover the stories of the certification of space forms of government. we worry about all these other unstable governments. you know, but we don't invest as much in south of the border so for us it is a we've just getting the different perspectives of the opportunities. not the issues, the problems. we are not shying away from them the opportunities going forward, and hopefully getting our candidates and the public to engage in a discussion and to better understand the opp
but as far as the sort of anchor growth of the latino community is texas and california and so what we want to do is just sort of enhanced the perspective of the country, and quite frankly for me it is an opportunity. we are in an election cycle and unfortunately, you know, the americas has received very little attention. the story here is that nobody really understands the growth and the evolution of our neighbors to the south. and our future as to the way the world is evolving is in clusters...
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on an ongoing basis to highlight the tremendous growth of the wind energy industry from colorado to texas to pennsylvania. and today i want to talk about the future of clean energy jobs in the great state of rhode island. if you look around our country, mr. president, we find success stories everywhere. and wind energy is a bright spod spot for communities across america. which supports good manufacturing jobs in places like the united states and rhode island, and this despite the great recession. rhode island has dedicated itself to building a clean energy future, a key part of which is offshore wind energy. the entire eastern seaboard has massive offshore wind potential, and rhode island is one of the first states to begin construction on a project off of its coast. and if you look at the chart here, mr. president, you see the potential for job creation. and you also see that rhode island is on track to meet 75% of its energy needs through offshore wind development. rhode island has been the beneficiary of a number of companies located -- locating themselves there but one in particular
on an ongoing basis to highlight the tremendous growth of the wind energy industry from colorado to texas to pennsylvania. and today i want to talk about the future of clean energy jobs in the great state of rhode island. if you look around our country, mr. president, we find success stories everywhere. and wind energy is a bright spod spot for communities across america. which supports good manufacturing jobs in places like the united states and rhode island, and this despite the great...
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. >> well, that goes to -- you were talking earlier about the texas senate race on the primary is on tuesday three there you have a sort of old-fashioned establishment conservative and a lieutenant governor dewhurst and ted cruce is part of this up-and-coming new dynamic winning of the conservative wing and the republican party. back in late may they had their first round of primary balloting and about one print 5 million people voted in that race and he came out on top. he wouldn't have 50% so under the texas law we have a run off system, and now we are expecting about 350,000 people. those 350,000 people are a part of what you just referred to as stand on principle. and that's why a lot of people think that cruce is the favorite right now. and what you get as sort of a primary to become more decided by just the narrow swath of the 350,000 texans who are going to vote tuesday i think you get a more hardened principal ticker but people on the right and the left and it makes the sort of bridging the divide a heck of a lot more difficult than it would be if you had more participation f
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. >> host: you've been to law texas, kansas for your reearch on ts annow yoarei when does the research part of it in the? >> guest: you just know when you get there. actually the research never ends. ere is a pointisy a dytr tard this book the essentially the day after obama was elected president that's when i decided i'd got to do this book. i'd written a fewpieces fo thoadas fgton po"f seh icly his moth, and i think when i get home from this incredible journey i will have the kansas side of the stprettyuhmpd w or begins, it's a weaving these incredible worlds that helped create this person. >> host: who came up with the title? >> gue: i did i was just bouncing aroundo catseot ca come out of dalia, kansas, indonesia, chicago, out of this world. thowe recreate himself so i'm not sure the proportions yet and will be important to get it right but perhaps even the firt half of k i arr t ote stage yet and the second act of the book is largely chicago with his education in california, new burhi aa ihro nse en ereese political been, so when you think about it we are all sort ofreated from a
. >> host: you've been to law texas, kansas for your reearch on ts annow yoarei when does the research part of it in the? >> guest: you just know when you get there. actually the research never ends. ere is a pointisy a dytr tard this book the essentially the day after obama was elected president that's when i decided i'd got to do this book. i'd written a fewpieces fo thoadas fgton po"f seh icly his moth, and i think when i get home from this incredible journey i will have the...
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. >> gentleman from texas, recognized for five minutes. >> we thank the chairman and the ranking member for the hearing and acknowledge the witness and thank them for their presence this morning. first, let me acknowledge the passing and funeral of inspector phillip prather who was assigned to the houston decision of the federal incompetentive service his home going service indicated the record of service. i'm grateful that director patterson was able to attend and secretary and i hope we'll have a dialogue after over the next couple of days. thank you for your letter of sympathy to the family. i would like to put on the record, there is a need for more responses hr, human resources if you can look into it i appreciate it in firms of working with the family. let me ask a question that if the homeland security department was operate rabble? 1993, i think it was 1993, 1994, in the action of the oklahoma bombing, 95. it would have been considered domestic terrorism under the homeland security department? >> yes. i actually worked on the case. i would say, representative, it had the hallmar
. >> gentleman from texas, recognized for five minutes. >> we thank the chairman and the ranking member for the hearing and acknowledge the witness and thank them for their presence this morning. first, let me acknowledge the passing and funeral of inspector phillip prather who was assigned to the houston decision of the federal incompetentive service his home going service indicated the record of service. i'm grateful that director patterson was able to attend and secretary and i...
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the presiding officer: the senior senator from texas is recognized. mrs. hutchison: i have listened to the senator from connecticut and the presentation on the bill that i assume will be voted on today and i appreciate very much that we have had the meetings because there are really two bills that have been introduced, the lieberman-collins and that group's bills, and then i have legislation called the secure i.t. act along with senators mccain, chamb, grassley, coats, johnson, and burr. these are eight ranking members of the subcommittees and committees that have jurisdiction over cybersecurity, and we differ in a major way from the bill that is before us that is cosponsored by the ranking member of the homeland security committee, but all of the other committees of jurisdiction ranking members are in disagreement. now, the good news is we have been meeting to try to begin to work out the differences and see sph if we can move forward. our bill, the secure i.t. bill, will be introduced as an amendment in the nature of a substitute if in fact we take up th
the presiding officer: the senior senator from texas is recognized. mrs. hutchison: i have listened to the senator from connecticut and the presentation on the bill that i assume will be voted on today and i appreciate very much that we have had the meetings because there are really two bills that have been introduced, the lieberman-collins and that group's bills, and then i have legislation called the secure i.t. act along with senators mccain, chamb, grassley, coats, johnson, and burr. these...
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twelve-term republican candidate from texas and three-te candidate for president. he reos ngma pa pic eoes owth ae res congreman paul's son senator rand paul. it's about an hour and ten minutes. all right. go en, co ybto teto it dabehxti cesi oesuti wetrsoet little different here doing an event afterhours. we'll see how it work hope. hopefully 's gd foepl hao. d t t eae lyat o 'radh e e glad to have an interesting discussion of "ron paul's revolution." about thir years ao, there waok li ar tibri montalitusly be w rn athaf hre tot ur t, ost of the students who came to our summer seminars had first read i'm rand. they read e ountn a w 'sen th t ofhburly rennyng i k pa a tu begins with ron paul. that'shere you get more people get are their first taste liar ad yhe eyeorec ic ud wve but people being brought to the concept of liberty and limited government by ron paul and e campaign. and ' ce at h tortennmo ccanmvs s cycle,2011-2012 than he did in 2007, 2008 and i had a lot of os ati clrnssoec iianinry er hen'ced ew enhe w he presents them. what did change, i think, was
twelve-term republican candidate from texas and three-te candidate for president. he reos ngma pa pic eoes owth ae res congreman paul's son senator rand paul. it's about an hour and ten minutes. all right. go en, co ybto teto it dabehxti cesi oesuti wetrsoet little different here doing an event afterhours. we'll see how it work hope. hopefully 's gd foepl hao. d t t eae lyat o 'radh e e glad to have an interesting discussion of "ron paul's revolution." about thir years ao, there waok...
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the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: madam president, i appreciate courtesies of my colleague from maryland and i promise, i'm going to be just no more than ten minutes. two years ago, members of both parties in this chamber recognized that america's economic recovery was fragile, too fragile to absorb a tax increase. since then, obviously my colleagues across the aisle have changed their minds and experienced a change of heart. yesterday the senate voted to raise taxes. i've been amused by some of the headlines that i've read that says that the senate voted to cut taxes, which is false. the senate didn't vote to cut taxes. the senate voted to maintain the tax rates that have been in existence for 12 years for a certain class of taxpayers while raising taxes on everyone else. i can't explain the logic behind this vote. i can only assume that it is some election-year calculus designed to galvanize the political base of our friends across the aisle. it most definitely is not good economics and it is not good for jo
the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: madam president, i appreciate courtesies of my colleague from maryland and i promise, i'm going to be just no more than ten minutes. two years ago, members of both parties in this chamber recognized that america's economic recovery was fragile, too fragile to absorb a tax increase. since then, obviously my colleagues across the aisle have changed their minds and experienced a change of heart. yesterday the senate voted to raise taxes....
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she graduated herself from university of texas law firm, then went to work as a tv reporter because no houston law firm was willing to hire a women lawyer. she started a small business became the first republican woman in the. she was elected as state -- taken open the seat. she has been reelected three times, and is now the senior republican woman in the senate. she is retiring, as you know from the senate when the term is up at the end of. i expect the houston law firms would be glad to have you on staff now. the first office official office in washington was at the national transportation safety board. president ford appointed you at vice chairman there in 1976. i wonder if you could describe what things were like for a woman appointed to top job like that now and compare it how things have changed or not so much in washington for women in positions of power. . i think there was a beginning of an effort to bring women. we were talking in the back stage and ann armstrong who had been my mentor. she was the first co-chairman of the republican national committee. and my first foray int
she graduated herself from university of texas law firm, then went to work as a tv reporter because no houston law firm was willing to hire a women lawyer. she started a small business became the first republican woman in the. she was elected as state -- taken open the seat. she has been reelected three times, and is now the senior republican woman in the senate. she is retiring, as you know from the senate when the term is up at the end of. i expect the houston law firms would be glad to have...
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and we know its desert dry in texas, but our camels necessary? >> hello and welcome to us farm report. the last time the census was conducted, they found striking differences in within that world of farm. that's an increase of 19%, and why not text many of the market analyst to appear on this show tell me that women are better at making marketing decisions. it appears the trend of women as principal operators will continue in the next generation. flight details in a moment that the top story is the lingering drought. let's get started with headlines. >> delivering midwest drought is having an impact on main street in farm country. each month great university economist ernie got assembled the report based on surveys of bankers and attend state regions of the great plains and corn belt. he says the july index plunged to its lowest level in two years adhesive slowdown in prices and sales of farm equipment. he said just of the region benefited from very healthy farming over the past few years he's now detecting economic reversal for world areas. >>>
and we know its desert dry in texas, but our camels necessary? >> hello and welcome to us farm report. the last time the census was conducted, they found striking differences in within that world of farm. that's an increase of 19%, and why not text many of the market analyst to appear on this show tell me that women are better at making marketing decisions. it appears the trend of women as principal operators will continue in the next generation. flight details in a moment that the top...
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dell is a computer technology corporation based in texas that ranks 44th on the fortune 500 and employs over 106,000 people. i doubt they made that decision rashly. banc of america is number 13 on the 2012 fortune 500 list and was the first bank to offer coast-to-coast operations in the united states. they have committed $50 billion over ten years to finance energy efficiency, renewable energy and energy access and other activities that advance the low-carbon economy. marriott has displayed both internal and external efforts by committing to build ten fairfield by marriott hotels constructed to sustainable building materials as well as pledging money for the rain fosts in the state of amazonus, brazil. marriott ranks first on the fortune 500 list in the category of hotels, casinos, resorts. microsoft has committed to going completely carbon-neutral and will be factoring the costs of carbon output into the company's business operations in over 100 countries. these companies are just a few examples from the effort that is being undertaken in the private sector to meet our responsibilities
dell is a computer technology corporation based in texas that ranks 44th on the fortune 500 and employs over 106,000 people. i doubt they made that decision rashly. banc of america is number 13 on the 2012 fortune 500 list and was the first bank to offer coast-to-coast operations in the united states. they have committed $50 billion over ten years to finance energy efficiency, renewable energy and energy access and other activities that advance the low-carbon economy. marriott has displayed...
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had impression from the people in the industry that bp's record as a weak operator and, you know, the texas city plant, the osha record, the fact that they basically had a culture and strategy that emphasized financial engineering at the expense of operating discipline was pretty well known in the industry, and i sort of came to the conclusion after talking to people for three or four years, if you called up people the thing happened. who do you think the super major was operating the platform, got a strong majority from bp at that point. that was there. the second parallel was preparation for actually mitigating the disaster. in both cases, paper plans said we can handle this, and they were not at will to do so, and the kind of learning how to deal with all of the traumas, bp had the benefit of 20 years learning about corporate crisis management that exxon, you know, in those days, 1989, the whole philosophy how to communicate and get on television making things right and so forth, that was not as well developed a strategy in exxon's day, but, any way. >> host: i agree. i think the afterma
had impression from the people in the industry that bp's record as a weak operator and, you know, the texas city plant, the osha record, the fact that they basically had a culture and strategy that emphasized financial engineering at the expense of operating discipline was pretty well known in the industry, and i sort of came to the conclusion after talking to people for three or four years, if you called up people the thing happened. who do you think the super major was operating the platform,...
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i don't know what she would say, but i had bp's record as a weak operator on the texas city plant, osha record, the fact that they basically had a culture in a strategy that emphasized the financial engineering at the extent of operating discipline was pretty well known in the industry unassertive came to the conclusion after talking with people for three or four years that if you call the people in the oil industry and deepwater horizon said the following thing that's happened, who do you think was operating the strong majority for bp at that point? so that was fair. the second parallel with the preparation for actually making a disaster. in both cases or paper airplane scene we can handle this new reality with they were not able to do so. and then the public relations narrative i'm learning how to deal with all of the communities and traumas. i think probably bp had the benefit of 20 years of learned about corporate crisis management at exxon. in those days 89, the whole philosophy of how to communicate and immediately go tell people you make things right lesson is well developed as a
i don't know what she would say, but i had bp's record as a weak operator on the texas city plant, osha record, the fact that they basically had a culture in a strategy that emphasized the financial engineering at the extent of operating discipline was pretty well known in the industry unassertive came to the conclusion after talking with people for three or four years that if you call the people in the oil industry and deepwater horizon said the following thing that's happened, who do you...
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only colorado -- excuse me, only texas and california make more things than ohio does. they're states two and three times our size in population and an area even more than that. we know a couple of things. we know that from 2000-2010, we lost one-third of the manufacturing jobs in this country. we lost more than 5 million manufacturing jobs just disappeared. tens of thousands of plant closings, thousands of communities abandoned or crippled, teachers laid off, librarians laid off, police and fire laid off, families broken because of these manufacturing job losses. more than 5 million manufacturing jobs lost -- jobs lost in manufacturing 2000-2010. since early 2010, we have had 500,000 -- we now have 500,000 more jobs than we had in early 2010. in other words, for the first time in a decade, we're actually seeing manufacturing job gains in this country. a big part of that is what's happened to the auto industry. i spent much of last week all over my state but especially visiting places in northern ohio where manufacturing and especially auto are so important -- auto is s
only colorado -- excuse me, only texas and california make more things than ohio does. they're states two and three times our size in population and an area even more than that. we know a couple of things. we know that from 2000-2010, we lost one-third of the manufacturing jobs in this country. we lost more than 5 million manufacturing jobs just disappeared. tens of thousands of plant closings, thousands of communities abandoned or crippled, teachers laid off, librarians laid off, police and...
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faced frightening diagnosis, trying treatments, will no longer have to seek cures all the way down to texas or up to minnesota. they can and they will be able to stay closer to home and their support systems. simply put, it's great news for kansas cancer patients and those patients in the entire region. i am personally gratified by this designation because it represents more than a decade of work with so many outstanding partners. it has truly been a team effort to achieve this important federal designation. when i was first elected in this body back in 1996, i created a blue ribbon committee of kansas leaders and government, academia and the private sector, over a hundred, to advise me on the state, science, and technology needs. the goal was to make us more competitive in a global marketplace, increasingly reliant on research and technology, and to provide economic opportunity to stop the outmigration of our best and our brightest young people. the roberts advisory committee set out to secure federal investments to further the research goals of kansas state university in plant and animal
faced frightening diagnosis, trying treatments, will no longer have to seek cures all the way down to texas or up to minnesota. they can and they will be able to stay closer to home and their support systems. simply put, it's great news for kansas cancer patients and those patients in the entire region. i am personally gratified by this designation because it represents more than a decade of work with so many outstanding partners. it has truly been a team effort to achieve this important...
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it has improved, is still drive for much of texas but it has improved in that area. you can see northern states are doing the best of anyone. now let's check the weather and see what the jet stream is going to do. see a little bit of a drop in the great lakes and ipods out. we are still talking trying to form a trough in the northeast for next weekend but the bulk of the bridge and the hottest area will continue to be from the central plains back into the southwest with slight cooling further north along the jet stream. that's the situation. we don't see any of that rail high heat back into the corn belt like we saw a week and a half ago, but especially when you are dry, that happens. >>> now, this goes into the mid- atlantic afternoon, and storms moving through the northern tier of states with our pool going through the great lakes, we will have a band of showers and thunderstorms. again, as we head through the timeframe, then that will be the focus for showers and thunderstorms. that could be some good news for a lot of areas part of the country. back with a longer
it has improved, is still drive for much of texas but it has improved in that area. you can see northern states are doing the best of anyone. now let's check the weather and see what the jet stream is going to do. see a little bit of a drop in the great lakes and ipods out. we are still talking trying to form a trough in the northeast for next weekend but the bulk of the bridge and the hottest area will continue to be from the central plains back into the southwest with slight cooling further...
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but as far as sort of the anchor growth of the latino community, it's texas and california. so what we want to do is just sort of in hands the perspective of this country and quite frankly for me, it's an opportunity. we are in an election cycle and unfortunately, you know the americas, we see very little attention -- the story here is that you know, nobody really understands the growth and the evolution of our neighbors to the south. our future and the way the world is evolving, it is a -- and we just happen to take for granted our largest economic partners, canada and mexico. we happen to take for granted and not very much cover the stories of the solidification of democratic forms of government. we worry about all this other unstable government. but we don't invest as much south of the border so for us it's a way of giving a different perspective of the opportunity, and we are not shying away from them but the opportunities going forward and hopefully, getting our candidates and the public to engage in a discussion and to better understand the opportunities and possibilit
but as far as sort of the anchor growth of the latino community, it's texas and california. so what we want to do is just sort of in hands the perspective of this country and quite frankly for me, it's an opportunity. we are in an election cycle and unfortunately, you know the americas, we see very little attention -- the story here is that you know, nobody really understands the growth and the evolution of our neighbors to the south. our future and the way the world is evolving, it is a -- and...
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. >> congresswoman, i'm shaken nation i go to school in dallas, texas. i would argue i'm your biggest supporter. >> please, no fighting. [laughter] >> you enjoyed or do you ever get tired of being the liberals number one target? >> and the last 48 hours i've been their number one target again is worth the fight. the latest i'd have gone on a sat on the intelligence committee. there were 19 of us and we do with the nations classified secrets. something abundantly clear under the obama administration as there has been influenced from the muslim brotherhood at the highest levels of power that the violent organization across the world. so we are raising questions and asking questions of the inspector general to look into it. and they give you one example appeared to be sick department violated federal law. the state department granted a visa to a member of a foreign terrorist organization from egypt. we list this is a foreign terrorist organization under state department website. our state department brokers will not come our federal and granted the visa abr
. >> congresswoman, i'm shaken nation i go to school in dallas, texas. i would argue i'm your biggest supporter. >> please, no fighting. [laughter] >> you enjoyed or do you ever get tired of being the liberals number one target? >> and the last 48 hours i've been their number one target again is worth the fight. the latest i'd have gone on a sat on the intelligence committee. there were 19 of us and we do with the nations classified secrets. something abundantly clear...
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in 2006 we reported on some brothers from texas who over the course of 13 years stashed more than $700 million in offshore tax havens in a massive tax evasion scheme. when a company incorporates in the cayman islands or another tax haven with a mail drop as their own physical presence in that country, they most likely have but one purpose, and that's avoiding taxes. in 2006 we explored the history of the ugland house, a small building in the caymans that remarkably listed its headquarters for nearly 20,000 different corporations. in 2005 we showed how a seattle security firm called quelos devised a scheme of fake stock trades between two offshore companies creating phantom stock losses used to avoid taxes on billions of dollars in income. and in 2001 and 2002, we explored how enron used offshore tax havens, dozens of them, as part of its deceptive scheme. just yesterday -- just yesterday, madam president, in our subcommittee, in a hearing on the global bank called hsbc, on money laundering, we saw how the secrecy of tax havens such as the caymans, so often used to conceal income can al
in 2006 we reported on some brothers from texas who over the course of 13 years stashed more than $700 million in offshore tax havens in a massive tax evasion scheme. when a company incorporates in the cayman islands or another tax haven with a mail drop as their own physical presence in that country, they most likely have but one purpose, and that's avoiding taxes. in 2006 we explored the history of the ugland house, a small building in the caymans that remarkably listed its headquarters for...
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and our last statement will come from the gentleman from texas. >> thank you, mr. chairman. the crisis of 2008 was caused by a number of factors but i think at this point that we can say with confidence that a lack of authority or information by regulators was not one of them. instead of advancing a true reform of our regulatory structure, dodd-frank doubled down on the failures of the past by elevating the influence of the same agencies that missed the last crisis. this notion that a new super council of regulators will predict the next financial calamity is a fallacy. all it does is further distract regulators from their core duties which is to police financial markets. we've already seen an example of this with mf global. this is harmful for our financial system and our economy and i'm eager to look into this matter further and i yield back the balance of my time. >> thank you. before i recognize secretary geithner, let me say that the secretary hasn't indicated he must leave at noon today. to accommodate as many members as possible to question the secretary the chair ann
and our last statement will come from the gentleman from texas. >> thank you, mr. chairman. the crisis of 2008 was caused by a number of factors but i think at this point that we can say with confidence that a lack of authority or information by regulators was not one of them. instead of advancing a true reform of our regulatory structure, dodd-frank doubled down on the failures of the past by elevating the influence of the same agencies that missed the last crisis. this notion that a new...